be a better blogger

It's pretty far down my list of resolutions, but I'll at least make a half-assed attempt.

I have caught the sun thanks to two days of tennis during the nicest sunshine. Face looks good, but back with crisscross from tennis dress does not. Sigh. Tennis tournament yesterday morning was fun. I came third out of about 30 of us. Alice came first. Obviously :)

Last night, I went out with Michael. We went to Woodlands (south indian vegetarian place... very good) and then to the Curzon in Soho to see 'Let The Right One In'. It wasn't as scary as I thought it was going to be, but it was very very good. It reminded me slightly of 'Show Me Love' by Lukas Moodysson (not that I'm saying all Swedish films are the same). Plus this one was about vampires. It was bizarrely touching for a film about killing people. And really beautiful. I recommend seeing it before the wholly unnecessary American remake comes out.

Sadly Mike and Gemma can't make the rescheduled Tori show, but this has turned out to be excellent news for my friend Roisin, who was really sad to learn that the show was sold out when I told her about it. So she and her girlfriend are very excited to buy the tickets. I know I could have made a killing for them on ebay (4th row), but I'd rather they went to friends I know really want to go to the show.

Am going to head over to Alice's later to catch up on 24 and the Office. Need to think of something to cook first...

I should tidy my desk more often

I have decided to only leave things out on my desk that make me feel happy. Therefore, my desk contains the following:

1. A review copy of the new Tori Amos album (note: it is not the album itself that is making me happy, just the fact that I have a review copy of it).

2. A notice of payment from The Guardian into my bank account. For words that I wrote. Out of my brain and everything.

3. A BBC visitors pass. This makes me happy because it reminds me that I got to jump a very long queue to get in to see Just A Minute.

4. A Jo Malone box. I keep the bath oils and perfume in my bathroom and bedroom, but the box reminds me that things that smell very nice make me extremely happy. Especially Pomegranate Noir.

5. Gig tickets. I have Tori Amos, Placebo, Michael Franti & Spearhead and Alela Diane all up and coming. Nice.

6. My cat.